MUH-A-JOR Recap - ugh!

Why do I do this...I wait forever to post something and I really have had a lot going on?! I really want to turn my blog into a book so I'm going to have to kick my booty in gear to make it work. Well since I haven't posted in over a month I will give a short (kind of) recap of what we've been up to.

Well in June Jay was off at training in Scottsdale, and to not let myself miss out on any of the heat he was enjoying I went on down to Vegas to spend a week with my mom. I didn't take too many pictures but we stayed busy going to the gardens at Bellagio one day - a train theme - Taylor was in heaven!

Went to the cutest little park and sprinkler park I found by my mom's house, had lunch with my mom and hung out at her office, was on scorpion patrol at my mom's during the day and luckily only saw ONE (but that was enough for me), walked the District and even met up with a few good friends from High School. Oh - and I can't forget that I made a few trips to Cafe Rio as well. I was in heaven at that point! And even played dress up with some random things we found while cleaning out a few rooms.
We had so much fun with Nana that she hopped in the car with us and made the short ride home with us to California. We spent a day at the beach in Newport with the Marz Family and even went back the following day b/c we loved it so much. So fun to catch up with all of them - it felt like old times at the beach - YEARS AGO. So nice of them to let us crash their last day of vacation.

Then that Sunday we dropped my mom off at the airport and as she got out of the car...the OTHER Nana and Grandpa (Lee and Julie) hopped in the car. Phew! I was off to girls camp the next morning and they were heaven sent that week, helping Jay with Taylor so he could work and not take any time off.
They tell us they had lots of fun... and I really hope so, b/c it was a LONG week for both Jay and I, and Lee and Julie were definitely doing it all that week! We can't thank them enough! I stole some pictures from Julie's camera and as you can see from the pictures - Taylor would much rather have them around... carousel, ice cream for lunch, no cart at Target, too much fun!!






I got home just in time for my birthday... the big 2-6. We had such a fun day with family and wonderful friends dropping by and calling. Birthdays are so fun!

Bye Nana and Grandpa... How could we have done it without you?



Then Jenn put together a little birthday dessert night a few days later and we had so much fun eating up all the fondue and talking for hours. Thanks girls!!


And just so we weren't alone for too many days, Joel arrived that Wednesday and will be leaving us tomorrow... so sad.
We spent a very cold day at the beach yesterday with him and had a delicious BBQ today. Jay made his traditional 4th of July homemade ice cream which we shared with the Mullen's
Then we walked over to see the fireworks in Ladera. We had a PRIME spot thanks to the Hansen house and let Tay stay up 'til 10 pm. Taylor and Kurt were the life of the party with their sweet dance moves...


She was definitely starting to snooze on us and was getting zoned out by the end - love that little girl!
A successful and very fun few weeks.

What is this spoiled little girl going to do with just boring old mom? Well, we won't be here for too long - another trip to Vegas is on the horizon and this time Jay will come along with us. Can't wait!